Artists: In the Moment
Paul Cary Goldberg
This is What Is “On March 12, 2020, the day after our meeting in Boston with Lee’s oncologist at the Dana Farber Hospital, we followed his advice and we began our self-isolation in response to the Coronavirus threat. Two days later, on March 14, 2020, I made a promise to myself to create and post a new photograph online every single day for the duration of the Covid-19 pandemic. My objective was to stay creative, keep engaged, active and hopeful. I also thought of this as a public promise to anyone/everyone who saw my work and found value in the seeing. The first photograph I posted online was titled, “Seeking Beauty, Calming Nerves by Photographing…”
As of July 19th, I’ve posted 123 images. The 6 photographs in this exhibition are from this (ongoing) series.
Paul Cary Goldberg’s work is included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, CA; DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA; Fogg Museum at Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge MA; Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester, MA, among other venues.
photo by Paul Cary Goldberg
Olivia Parker
Animal, Vegetable, Mineral and Something Else “In this time of coronavirus, I have been looking at my home and garden, and the small things that have landed in my studio. In June this iris seemed almost avian. Now plastic from the sea presents its beauty despite its dastardly implications. Milk snakes weave through the garden, mostly hidden, only revealing flashing curves. The odd little buttons are from a friend’s studio. The air plants are also a gift from friends. The rock is from the tip of the Gaspe Peninsula, found on my last trip with my husband John who died of Alzheimer’s. It seems an eerie harbinger of what was coming. Making this work is sustaining in that it makes me believe that small wonders exist everywhere.”
Olivia Parker’s work is represented in major private, corporate and museum collections, including the Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Modern Art, NY, Museum of Fine Art, Boston, and The Peabody Essex Museum. The Peabody Essex Museum held a major retrospective of Olivia Parker’s work in 2019. “Vanishing in Plain Sight,” images concerning her husband’s Alzheimer’s, was at the Lunder Arts Center at Lesley University in the spring of 2019.
photo by Olivia Parker
Rebecca Skinner
Transient “I am a modern-day urban explorer seeking unique neglected structures and desolate places. My subject matter includes images of large open spaces and details such as peeling paint and rust. Texture, color and light play an important part in my image making and I am attracted to the beauty of these places as well as the forgotten history. Time is of the essence as some locations have since been demolished or restored, while others remain frozen in time. Danger is often present, whether it be from rotten floors, hazardous materials or unexpected inhabitants. I never go into these places alone and I am strongly invested in leaving no trace.”
Rebeca Skinner is a core artist member of the Fountain Street Gallery, Photographic Resource Center at Boston University, Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts and the Griffin Museum of Photography.She is a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design.
photo by Diane Danthony
Tsar Fedorsky
“‘The Light Across the Border’ is a series of photos set in Oaxaca, Mexico. Knowing we experience the world through the lens of our own experiences, perspectives and desires, I hope that the pictures would offer the audience a sympathetic view of this corner of Mexico. Works in black-and white enable the viewer to journey further into an imaginary world, one where there are no borders.”
A photographer whose work has been exhibited nationally and published worldwide, Tsar Fedorsky was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in Creative Arts, US & Canada 2018, an Artist Fellowship grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council in 2015, and was a Photolucida Critical Mass Finalist in 2015 and 2017.
photo by Margaret Lampert
Dana Salvo
“Part of an ongoing work-in-progress entitled: ‘Sidewalk Geometry,’ the photographs explore the ordinary and undistinguished architecture prevalent in our neighborhoods everywhere. They depict the intersection of a strong angular light falling upon the built structures of the commonplace resulting in irregular spacial geometries and illusions that are often momentary and fleeting. As such, they chart the ordinary and banal built environments while also being depictions of an oddly fascinating topography.”
Dana Salvo received the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship in 1988, as well as a subsequent Subvention for Publication. He has twice received the Fulbright Scholar Award. His work has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions throughout the United States. He owns Clark Gallery, in Lincoln, MA. He is a member of the Boston Art Dealers Association.
photo by Dana Salvo